therapeutic cloning

Definitions of therapeutic cloning
  1. noun
    nuclear transplantation of a patient's own cells to make an oocyte from which immune-compatible cells (especially stem cells) can be derived for transplant
    synonyms: biomedical cloning
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    cloning
    a general term for the research activity that creates a copy of some biological entity (a gene or organism or cell)
    SCNT, nuclear transplantation, somatic cell nuclear transfer, somatic cell nuclear transplantation
    moving a cell nucleus and its genetic material from one cell to another
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